Conquering capitals

I have just discovered that capital cities cannot be conquered or destroyed. That has kind of spoilt it for me. I have another city right next to me. I would have liked to be able to fight for all of the land in my vicinity. Instead I have to put up with him on my doorstep forever. That sucks. I understand that you dont want to knock people out of game but as a suggestion , when conquered, why not reduce the city to a settler who cannot resettle within a certain distance of his original location. That gives him a fresh start. You could even give him an initial quick build boost as an incentive to start again.

Hi Jim,

Well, you can't conquer a player's first city - however, you can certainly siege a capital city and if you maintain the siege for long enough you can flatten the city and prevent a player from building any buildings whatsoever.  Player cities after their first city are completely up-for-grabs.

The point behind being unable to "capture" the capital city is to give players some chance - however slim - of being able to organise some sort of defense as opposed to being instantly and completely driven out of the game the moment their new player protection expires.  That defence might include bringing home some reinforcements from elsewhere, joining an alliance and getting help from them, or hiring a player mercenary alliance.

Regards,



Edited by GM Stormcrow - 31 Mar 2010 at 14:28

Please tell me that this will be made possible. If you cant take out your enemy there is very little point in waging war. Where is the fun in that ??